roy lichtenstein american pop artist 1923-1997. as a young boy roy drew and painted, but his school...
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN
American Pop Artist1923-1997
AS A YOUNG BOY ROY DREW AND PAINTED, BUT HIS SCHOOL DID NOT
OFFER ART CLASSES.
LICHTENSTEIN WENT TO OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE EARNED
A DEGREE IN FINE ARTS. AFTER GRADUATING, ROY
TAUGHT ART CLASSES
THERE.
IN 1961, LICHTENSTEIN CREATED HIS FIRST POP ART PAINTING.
HE BEGAN HIS FIRST POP ART
PAINTINGS USING
CARTOON IMAGES.
THIS PAINTING CAME FROM A CHALLENGE.
HIS SON POINTED TO A COMIC BOOK AND SAID,
"I BET YOU CAN'T PAINT AS GOOD AS THAT, EH, DAD?"
HE LIKED THE WAY COMMERCIAL ART LOOKED AND HE LIKED THE
SHARP, BLACK OUTLINES IN COMIC BOOK ART.
THIS COULD BE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT?
THE POP PAINTINGS HE IS KNOWN FOR COMBINED THE TWO STYLES.
LICHTENSTEIN USED THICK, STRIPES AND
BENDAY DOTS IN HIS
PAINTINGS.
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
COMIC BOOKS USE BEN-DAY DOTS TO CREATE SHADING.
ROY ENLARGED AND EXAGGERATED THEM IN MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES.
YOU’LL NOTICE THAT
THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE IN
MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS
ARE MADE UP OF BENDAY
DOTS.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SUBJECTS WAS WAR COMICS.
HE LOVED INCLUDING
“NOISE” WORDS, LIKE
“TAKKA TAKKA” IN
HIS PAINTINGS.
WHAT DO
YOU THINK “TAKKA TAKKA”
SOUNDS LIKE?
MOST OF HIS BEST-KNOWN ARTWORKS ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE, BUT NOT EXACT, COPIES OF COMIC
BOOK PANELS.
HOW ARE THEY ALIKE? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
IN ADDITION TO PAINTINGS, HE
ALSO MADE SCULPTURES IN
METAL AND PLASTIC.
HE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY EVERYDAY OBJECTS.WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?
DO YOU KNOW
ANYONE WHO KEEPS
FRUIT IN A BOWL?
AT FIRST, PEOPLE DIDN’T LIKE HIS PAINTINGS.
TODAY LICHTENSTEIN
’S POP ART CAN FOUND
IN MUSEUMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
IN 2010 THIS PAINTING CALLED OHH…ALRIGHT… , SOLD FOR
$42.6 MILLION DOLLARS!
IN 2011 THIS PAINTING CALLED “I CAN SEE THE WHOLE ROOM! . . . AND
THERE’S NOBODY IN IT!”, SOLD FOR $43.0 MILLION DOLLARS!
IN 2012 THIS PAINTING CALLED “SLEEPING GIRL”, SOLD FOR $44.8 MILLION DOLLARS!
IN 2013 THIS PAINTING CALLED
“WOMAN WITH THE FLOWERED
HAT”, SOLD FOR A
RECORD $56.1 MILLION
DOLLARS; THE HIGHEST
PRICE TO DATE.